Antefix
MS1827
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1827 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Date Made | 299-200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | From shell antefix. Head and a little of the inner edge of the shell preserved. Bottom edge not preserved. Fronatl face. Diadem with rosettes (?) in relief. Hair parted in middle and waved back from forehead, falling in locks beside cheek. molded frame (veil?), rounded in section, around head. Traces of red on remains of shell and on top of head. Back plain, hollow in area of face. |
| Height | 24.77 cm |
| Width | 20.95 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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